Who Are Those Gals? - Florencia Bécquer

Erna Florencia Bécquer was born on June 9, 1910 in Buenos Aires other sources state Reistencia, Chaco, Argentina to a German father and an Andalusian mother, at age 4 with her family she embarked on a journey through Europe and they are surprised by the outbreak of the First World War as they travel through Germany, where her father dies. She visits Pisa, Spain for the first time in 1919, but shortly thereafter returns to Argentina. Returning to Spanish soil, she debuts before the camera at age 15 in the film "Heart / The Life of a Fashion Designer from Madrid" (1925). Thus was born one of the most important figures of the silent era of Spanish cinema and one of the first vamps. With the advent of sound, her film appearances begin to dwindle and she later migrates to Mexico. Possibly still living I can find no mention of her death.

BECQUER, Florencia (aka Erna Becker, Florencia Becker, Florencia Beley, Erna Bécquer) (Erna Florencia Bécquer) [6/9/1910, Reistencia, Chaco, Argentina -    ]

Dirty Gold - 1941

THE LONG RIDE OF REVENGE

La lunge cavalcata della vendetta – Italian title

Cavalgada da Vingança – Brazilian title

Koston taival – Finnish title

La longe chevauchee de la vengeance – French title

Djangos blutige Spur – German title

Djangos Spur – German title

O Cavaleiro da Vingança – Portuguese title

The Long Cavalcade of Vengeance – English title

Deadly Trackers – English title

The Long Revenge’s Ride – English title

The Long Ride of Revenge – English title

A 1972 Italian production [Europe (Rome)]

Producer: Giovanni Vari

Director: Amerigo Anton (Camillo Boccia)

Story: Amerigo Anton (Camillo Boccia)

Screenplay: Amerigo Anton (Camillo Boccia)

Cinematography: Romolo Garroni [Eastmancolor, CinemaScope]

Music: Carlo Eposito

Running time: 92 minutes

Cast:

James Luke/Jeff Carter/Django – Richard Harrison

Jane – Anita Ekberg (Kerstin Ekberg)

Montana – Rick Battaglia (Caterino Bertaglia)

Deborah Luke/Carter – Dada Gallotti (Alba Gallitto)

Gamblers – Georgie Wang (Wang Yie), John Dulaney

Montana henchman – Calogero Caruana

With: Omergo Gargano, Lorenzo Piani, Emilio Vale (Emilio Messina), Men Fury (Furio Meniconi), Alex Perry (Alessandro Perella), Attilio Dottesio

  A young woman, Deborah Carter, forced to sell the family farm by the railroad is then robbed, raped and murdered by bandits, led by a Mexican named Montana. Returning from the war of secession, the victim's brother, Jeff, decides to avenge her. Killing three of Montana’s henchmen, he succeeds, seizing a woman, to attract the Mexican into a fatal trap. It turns out that Jerome, the unfaithful servant Deborah, to be the culprit who had joined with Montana to bring about the trajedy. With his killing and the recovery of the gold stolen from his sister, Jeff concludes his revenge.

YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FePPIsNyzqk

Happy 80th Birthday Luke Askew

Francis Luke Askew was born on March 26, 1932 in Macon, Georgia. The tall, rangy, usually sporting long mangy hair and frequently projecting a strong and intense on-screen presence, character actor has made a potent and lasting impression playing a substantial volume of mean and fearsome villains in both motion pictures and television shows alike for well over forty years. He's of mixed Yorksire and Scandinavian descent and first developed an interest in acting in high school. Luke attended the University of Georgia, Mercer University, and the Walter F. Joy School of Law. Askew served in the U.S. Air Force in the strategic air command intelligence during his college years. Following college Askew worked as a radio deejay and television announcer prior to beginning his acting career in Off-Broadway stage productions in New York City. Luke moved to Los Angeles in 1966 and made his film debut in "Hurry Sundown" (1967). Best known as the stranger on the highway in the cult classic "Easy Rider" (1969), Askew's other memorable roles include the redoubtable Boss Paul in "Cool Hand Luke," (1967) peaceful hippie commune leader Jonathan Tremaine in "Angel Unchained" (1970), very scary and hateful as brutal low-life thug Automatic Slim in the grim revenge thriller "Rolling Thunder" (1970) sleazy coroner Dexter Ward in "The Beast Within" (1982), and no-nonsense Irish gypsy crime lord Boss Jack Costello in "Traveller" (1997). Moreover, Luke has appeared in a sizable number of Westerns made throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s with a rare lead role in the spaghetti Western "Night of the Serpent" (1969) and gave an especially fine performance as tough and stoic veteran cowpoke Luke in the gritty gem "The Culpepper Cattle Co" (1972). Among the many TV series Askew has popped up in throughout the years are "The High Chaparral," "Mission: Impossible," "Cannon," "The Six Million Dollar Man," "Fantasy Island," "T.J. Hooker," "The Fall Guy," "Airwolf," "Murder, She Wrote," "Walker, Texas Ranger," "Everwood," and "Cold Case." More recently Luke had an excellent recurring part as creepy and dangerous polygamist Hollis Greene on the acclaimed cable TV program "Big Love." Askew lives in Oregon with his wife. His son Christopher is a well-regarded painter and tattoo artist. Today we celebrate Luke Askew's 80^th birthday.

Happy 75th Birthday Giorgio Trestini

Giorgio Trestini was born in Castenaso, Bologna, Italy on March 26 1937. Giorgio’s main activities in the world of cinema are that of a character actor and one of his most interesting films was participation in the movie “A spasso nel tempo” (AWalk in Time) (1996) directed by Carlo Vanzina where he played the part of Pasin. In 1991 he worked with Roberto Benigni in the film “Johnny Stecchino”, where he played the part of the hotel's concierge. Trestini has appeared in two Euro-westerns “The Grand Duel” (1972) as Bull and “Four of the Apocalypse” (1974) as the doctor. Today we celebrate Giorgio Trestini’s 75^th birthday.

Spaghetti Western Film Locations

Continuing with locations for “Duck You Sucker”. As Colonel Guttierez and his convoy reach the bridge over the gorge, Sean pushes down on the plunger of his dynamite detonator and the bridge and many of the soldiers go up in a huge explosion. The remaining men are gunned down by the two machine guns of Sean and Juan. The remains of the bridge are still there in the rambla below next to the dirt and gravel road used to reach the machine gun nests.

For a more detailed view of this site and other Spaghetti Western locations please visit my friend Yoshi ‘Garringo’ Yasuda’s excellent website: http://y-yasuda.net

 

Remembering Herbert Fux

Herbert Fux was born in Hallein, Austria on March 25, 1927. After his basic schooling was completed in 1944 he studied at the Salzburg Mozarteum and then worked as a theater actor, first in Salzburg and Vorarlberg, then onto Vienna. In the 1960s, Fux was a popular film and television actor - especially as a "movie villain". In the 1960s and early 1970s, he averaged making ten films per year. He was also seen alongside Klaus Kinski - for example in "Jack the Ripper" (1976). Even then he stood out in front of the camera in such roles as "Sebesta" in the ORF-TV series "Kaisermühlen Blues". Fux became politically active in Salzburg in 1974 where he became a founding member of the Green Party of Austria and a member of the parliament during the 1980s, but he withdrew soon after to concentrate on acting once again. Overall, Herbert Fux acted in over 120 feature films and 300 television productions. Fux appeared in four Euro-westerns “Beyond the Law” (1967), “Hate is My God” (1969), “Sonny & Jed” (1972) and “Trinity, the Clown, the Guitar” (1975). Herbert died March 13, 2007 in Salzburg, Austria. Today we remember Herbert Fux on what would have been his 85^th birthday.

LONG LIVE YOUR DEATH

Viva la muerte... tua! - Italian title

¡Viva la muerte... tuya! – Spanish title

Zwei wilde Companeros – German title

Das Todeslied der Companeros – German title

Zwei Galgenvögel geben Zunder – German title

Zwei tolle Companeros German title

Zwei wilde Companeros – German title

En viva de revoltuie – Belgium title

El Salvador – Finnish title

Eläköön kuolemasi – Finnish title

Hirttotuomio – Finnish title

Et viva la révolution! – French title

Pour quelques pepitas de plus – French title

Gigantes stin paranomia – Greek title

O thanatos sou i zoi mou – Greek title

Kötél és arany – Hungarian title

Tres bons inimigos – Portuguese title

Leve döden – Swedish title

Zivjela smrt... tvoja! Yugoslavian title

La guerilla - ? title

Companeros - ? title

Long Live Death… Yours – English title

Don’t Turn the Other Cheek – U.K. title

Long Live Your Death – U.S.A. title

A 1971 Italian, Spanish, German co-production [Tritone Filmindustria (Rome), Producciones Cinematograficas Orduña PC  (Madrid), Terra Filmkunst GMBH (Berlin)]

Producer: Mickey Knox, Juan de Orduña a (Juan Fernandez-Shaw)

Director: Duccio Tessari (Amadeo Tessari)

Story: “The Killer from Yuma” by Lewis B. Patten (Lewis Byford Patten)

Screenplay: Marcello Coscia, Massimo De Rita, Dino Maiuri (Arduino Maiuri), Duccio Tessari (Amadeo Tessari)

Dialogue: Günter Ebert [German], Juan de Orduña (Juan Fernandez-Shaw) [Spanish]

Cinematography: José F. Aguayo [Technicolor, Techniscope]

Music: Gianni Ferrio, Ennio Morricone

Song: “Don’t Turn the Other Cheek” sung by Lynn Redgrave

Running time: 117 minutes

Cast:

Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Orlowsky – Franco Nero (Francesco Sparanero)

Max Lozoya – Eli Wallach

Mary O’Donnell – Lynn Redgrave

Sheriff Randall – Horst Janson

General Huerta – Eduardo Fajardo

Yuma prison warden – José Moreno

Manuel Mendoza – Victor Israel (José Vilanova)

dying shepherd – José Jaspe (José Rivas)

Migoleto – Enrique Espinosa

bride – Gunda Hiller

Mendoza – Furio Meniconi

Joe Kelly – Dan van Husen (Daniel van Husen)

Bartender – Rudy Gaebell (Rudy Gaebel)

Telegrapher – Carla Mancini

Bandtis – Tito Garcia (Pablo Gonzalez), Mirko Ellis (Mirko Korcinsky), Luigi Antonio Guerra

Lupita – Marilù Tolo (Maria Tolo)

Mr. Callofen - Lorenzo Robledo

Orlowsky’s wife – Gisela Hahn (Gisela Drenkhan)

Mary O’Donnell, an unscrupulous journalist, in order to secure a sensational story, bribes sheriff Randall to allow "El Salvador", a hero of the Mexican Revolution of 1910, to escape so he can lead her to revolutionary Tomas where others are awaiting him to unleash a new uprising. Since El Salvador is dead, the sheriff, taking advantage of the fact that Mary has never seen the revolutionary, frees in his place the bandit Lozoya. Along with this Lozoya another bandit escapes, the self-styled Russian Prince Dimitri Orlowsky. The two outlaws - each of which is in possession of a part of the necessary data to discover a fabulous hidden treasure, they are obviously not interested in the revolutionary cause, and immediately move towards the goal that will give them wealth. As soon as they find the gold, however, they fall into the hands of the regular army of General Huerta, who, seizes the treasure, and condemns the two bandits to death. Fortunately they are freed by Mary, and the two outlaws agree to join the revolutionaries with the sole purpose of leading them against regular troops, and then retrieve the treasure. Gradually, however, they take conscience of the libertarian cause and lead a victorious attack on the troops of Huerta, while the whole treasure is distributed among the poor peons. Mary, meanwhile, announces to the two outlaws she has already prepared a plan to engage them in a new revolution in Guatemala.

YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RULxWwXQm8w